LEVEL FOUR DISCIPLINE - Mandatory Expulsion The principal shall immediately suspend and shall recommend expulsion of a pupil that he or she determine has committed any of the follow acts at school or at a school activity off school grounds. LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE NOTIFIED

Firearm: 48915 (c)(1) Possessing, selling, or otherwise furnishing a firearm. See definition of Firearm below. Knife: 48915 (c)(2) Brandishing a knife at another person. See definition of Knife below. Controlled Substance: 48915 (c)(3) Unlawfully selling a controlled substance. Sexual Assault/Battery: 48915 (c)(4) Committing a sexual battery or committing or attempting to commit sexual assault. (Title IX) Explosive: 48915 (c)(5) Possession of an explosive. See definition of Explosive below. Sexual Assault/Battery: 48900(n) (Title IX) *Jurisdiction to discipline for this section is found at 48900(s) (See below http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ can be used to determine which penal code applies to 48900(n).

LEVEL THREE DISCIPLINE (Discretionary Expulsion Recommendation) The principal shall recommend the expulsion of a pupil for any of the following acts committed at school or at a school activity off school grounds, unless the principal determines that expulsion should not be recommended under the circumstances or that an alternative means of correction would address the conduct. LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE NOTIFIED

Serious Physical Injury: 48915 (a)(1)(A) Causing serious physical injury to another person, except in self-defense. “Serious physical impairments of physical condition, such as loss of consciousness, concussion, bone fracture, protracted loss or impairment of function of any bodily member or organ, a wound requiring suturing, and serious disfigurement.” Knife or Dangerous Object: 48915(a)(1)(B) Possession of any knife or other dangerous object of no reasonable use to the pupil. Controlled Substance: 48915(a)(1)(C) Unlawful possession of any controlled substance except for the first offense for the possession of not more than one avoirdupois ounce of marijuana. Except for possession of over the counter medication for use by the pupil for medical purposes or medication prescribed by pupil by physician. Robbery or Extortion: 48915 (a)(1)(D) Robbery or extortion Assault or Battery: 48915(a)(1)(E) Assault or battery upon any school employee

LEVEL TWO DISCIPLINE may be suspended on the first offense Physical Injury to Another: 48900 (a)(1) Caused, attempted to cause, or threatened to cause physical injury to another person. Force or Violence upon Another: 48900 (a)(2) Willfully used force or violence upon the person of another, except in self-defense. Dangerous Object: 48900 (b) Possessed, sold, or otherwise furnished any firearm, knife, explosive, or other dangerous object. Controlled Substance: 48900 (c) Unlawfully possessed, used, sold, or otherwise furnished or been under the influence of any controlled substance, alcohol beverage, or an intoxicant of any kind. Drugs/Alcohol: 48900(d) Unlawfully offered, arranged, or negotiated to sell any controlled substance, an alcoholic beverage, or an intoxicant of any kind, and either sold, delivered, or otherwise furnished to any person another liquid, substance or material and represented the liquid, substance or material as a controlled substance, alcoholic beverage, or intoxicant. Robbery or Extortion: 48900(e) Committed or attempted to commit robbery or extortion

LEVEL ONE DISCIPLINE – Permissive Suspension Pursuant to California Education Code Section 48900.5, suspension, including supervised suspension as described in Section 48911.1 shall be imposed when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct.

Damage to School/Property: 48900 (f) Caused or attempted to cause damage to school or private property.

Stole School/Private Property: 48900 (g) Stolen or attempted to steal school property or private property.

Tobacco or Nicotine Products: 48900 (h) Possessed or used tobacco, or any products containing tobacco or nicotine products, including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, snuff, chew packets.

Obscene Act of Habitual Profanity: 48900 (i) Committed an obscene act or engaged in habitual profanity or vulgarity.

Drug Paraphernalia: 48900 (j) Unlawfully possessed or unlawfully offered, arranged or negotiated to sell any drug paraphernalia

Disruption of School Activities or Defiance of School Personnel: 48900 (k) Disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties. *(Can only suspend 4th-12th grade only)

Received Stolen School/ Private Property: 48900 (l) Knowingly received stolen school property or private property.

Imitation Firearm: 48900 (m) Possessed an imitation firearm……”imitation firearm means a replica of a firearm that is so substantially similar in physical properties to an existing firearm as to lead to reasonable person to conclude that the replica is a firearm.

School Discipline Witness: 48900 (o) Harassed, threatened or intimidated a pupil who is complaining witness or a witness in a school disciplinary proceeding for the purpose of either preventing that pupil from being a witness or retaliating against that pupil for being a witness or both

Soma (prescription drug): 48900 (p) Unlawfully offered, arranged to sell, negotiated to sell, or sold the prescription drug, Soma.

Hazing: 48900(q) Engaged in, or attempted to engage in, as defined in Section 32050.

Bullying: 48900(r) any severe or pervasive physical or verbal act or conduct, including communications made in writing or by means of an electronic act, and including one or more acts committed by a pupil or group of pupils as defined in Sections, Sexual (48900.2) Hate Violence (48900.3), or Harassment, Threats, or Intimidation (48900.4). (*This is a partial definition and you must look at Ed Code for the complete definition) *(Applies to K-3. 4-12 must also use .2, .3, &/or.4) Aids or Abets Physical Violence: 48900(t) A pupil who aids or abets, the infliction or attempted infliction of physical injury to another person, (but, per Education Code, expulsion may not be imposed unless the is adjudged guilty in ).

Sexual Harassment: 48900.2 Harassment must be considered by a reasonable person of the same gender as the victim to be sufficiently severe or pervasive to have a negative impact upon the individual’s academic performance or to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment *(4th-12th grade only / Title IX) Hate Violence: 48900.3 Pupil has caused, attempted to cause, threatened to cause, or participated in an act of hate violence as described in Section 233 *(4th-12th grade only / Title IX) Harassment: 48900.4 Intentionally engaged in harassment, threats, or intimidation, directed against school district personnel or pupils *(4th-12th grade only) Terrorist Threats: 48900.7 Any statement, whether written or oral, by a person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death, great bodily injury to another person, or property damage in excess of one thousand dollars, with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out. (*This is a partial definition and you must look at Ed Code for the complete definition)

**Jurisdiction: 48900(s) Pupil may be suspended or expelled for acts related to a school activity or school attendance that occur at any time, including, but not limited to, any of the following: 1. While on school grounds. 2. While going to or coming from school. 3. During the lunch period, whether on or off campus. 4. During or going to or coming from a school sponsored activity.